C.A.R. members are invited to join C.A.R.’s Center for California Real Estate and the Bay Area Council as they host “California’s Housing Crisis: The Impact on the Bay Ara and It’s Housing Needs.” The event, which will take place at the LinkedIn Focus Conference...

NAR is warning REALTORS® about a text message scam alert in which recipients receive a text message asking for payment of a fine or sales tax on a prize. The sender claims to be NAR. It is not NAR. In one version of the scam, a scammer levies false ethics accusations...

Talking Points Total mortgage application volume rose just 0.4 percent seasonally adjusted compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Total mortgage application activity for home buying and refinancing continued to edge down last...

Help boost a growing career by nominating someone you know for the Rising Star Award. Designed to work with the brokerage community to recognize their up-and-coming agents, Rising Stars and their firms will receive recognition from C.A.R.’s President and CEO. They...

Talking Points Total mortgage application volume rose just 0.4 percent seasonally adjusted compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The slight dip in rates last week did boost applications to refinance by 3 percent for the week,...

Fellow REALTOR®, It’s hard to believe the year is half over. It’s been a busy six months on the legislative front with more than 130 housing bills introduced in the legislature this year alone, and C.A.R. is tracking every one of them. Just yesterday, the state...